Wicked Twisted Road

Saturday, March 11, 2006

This is the name of a song by Reckless Kelly. It's just one of those songs that I've been listening to a lot recently. I like the simplicity of it, the poetry of it, and that the message of it is open to the experiences of the listener. I believe many of us can relate to some image in it, or apply one of the feelings these images represent to our own experiences. For me, it's not about any one relationship or even love necessarily. Life itself is a wicked twisted road and there are many things we love along the way and many experiences we learn from.

Wicked Twisted Road

My first love was a wicked twisted road

I hit the million mile mark at seventeen years old

I never saw the rainbow much less a pot of gold

Yeah my first love was a wicked twisted road

My first love was a castle in the sky

I never thought I'd make it 'till I had the guts to try

And I sat up in my tower while the whole world passed me by

Yeah my first love was a castle in the sky

My first love was a fearless driving rain

Scared to death I thought I'd never see her face again

They say God was crying so I guess He felt my pain

Yeah my first love was a fearless driving rain

My first love was a wild sinful night

I ran out with the big dogs, guess I had more bark then bite

Though I won the battle, in the end I lost the fight

Yeah my first love was a wild sinful night

My first love was an angry painful song

I wanted one so bad I went and did everything wrong

A lesson in reality would come before too long

Yeah my first love was an angry painful song

My first love was a wicked twisted road

I hit the million mile mark at seventeen years old

I never saw the rainbow much less a pot of gold

Yeah my first love was a wicked twisted road

My first love was a wicked twisted road